Some Reproaches Praise; Some Praises Reproach.

What Seems To Be Generosity Is Often No More Than Disguised Ambition, Which Overlooks A Small Interest In Order To Secure A Great One.

In Misfortune We Often Mistake Dejection For Constancy; We Bear It Without Daring To Look On It; Like Cowards, Who Suffer Themselves To Be Murdered Without Resistance.

Renewed Friendships Require More Care Than Those That Have Never Been Broken.

The Surest Way To Be Deceived Is To Consider Oneself Cleverer Than Others.

We Often Brag That We Are Never Bored With Ourselves, And Are So Vain As Never To Think Ourselves Bad Company.